M.Balasubramanian, v. The Assistant Engineer
Case brief
What is this about?
TANGEDCO electricity disconnection notice kept in abeyance; writ of certiorari under Article 226; challenge confined to disconnection notice without challenging provisional assessment order; provisional assessment order served across the bar; ten days' time from web-copy upload to file objections; consideration of objections with reasonable opportunity of hearing to petitioner and other interested parties; no view on merits; Madras High Court single judge (Mohammed Shaffiq, J.), WP No.27042 of 2026, decided 14-07-2026; connected WMP No.29625 of 2026 closed; no costs.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file objections to the provisional assessment within ten days from uploading of the web copy; respondent to consider the objections and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law after affording reasonable opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and any other interested party; disconnection notice kept in abeyance until then; no order as to costs; connected miscellaneous petition (WMP No.29625 of 2026) closed.